Books with author Michael Barrie

“Vagabonds in France" is a lighthearted book about an unexpected travel adventure to France. Find out how life threw a lemon at us with losing our home, and our attempt to make lemonade. Putting all our furniture in storage, we left everything behind to experience an adventure of a lifetime. With no mortgage or rent to pay, we left with no return date or home to come back to. We traveled from Florida (Tampa and Key West), to Portugal (Funchal, Madeira), to Spain (Malaga, Cartagena, and Barcelona), to the Côte d'Azur in the south of France (Antibes, Nice, Eze, St. Paul de Vence), to Provence (Arles, Avignon), then a month in Paris. Come with my wife and me and see this country’s amazing beauty, along with all the humorous cultural differences and "what the hell" moments you'll get a kick out of. Climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, dodge pickpockets, endure nasty weather and illness, and witness the flood of the century with us. Experience some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with me as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty home we found online. Readers say they feel like they are right there with us on the journey, and laugh out loud, especially from the "Bathroom Reports". This book, with its 75 photograph illustrations, is available now on Amazon in both paperback (black and white illustrations) and Kindle (color illustrations)!About the Author: Michael A. Barry is a semi-retired small business owner, husband, and world traveler from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania now living in Florida. Hobbies include: aviation, anthropology, psychology, history, and weekend polyglot.

A 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist. It's the fall of 2002, and Skyler Bram is bracing herself for another year of torture from her half-sister Kina Dunlap. But when a family emergency strikes, the girls are forced to live under the same roof. Instead of drawing a line down the middle of their bedroom and letting the war wage on, Skyler and Kina make what they believe to be the mature decision to call a truce and put their past behind them. Together, they'll break each other out of their comfort zones, rise through the ranks of a secret society, and...lose friends along the way?Turns out, their decision to play nice has ramifications for all of their closest friends.Little Bram is a comedy about the bonds we form, the friends we lose, and what we'll do to get them back.

My name is Skyler Bram, and I naïvely thought I had everything figured out at the end of my freshman year of high school. My half-sister, Kina Dunlap, and I went from arch enemies to the best of friends, I stood up to my bullies, and I even caught the eye of Regent High’s most eligible bachelor, Bradley Harrison. However, my dates with Bradley haven’t gone so well, and I can’t stop thinking about my new friend Becca Cohen. Guess I still have a lot left to figure out. Praise for Little Bram: "Little Bram is an absolutely enriching, heart-warming story for young readers." -Reader Views. "Michael C. Barrett weaves convincing dialogue and plot progression in this YA story of social drama so characteristic of today's youth." -Readers’ Favorite

Furr & Purr is a funny, exciting talking-animal story that will especially please readers who share their homes with cats. If you always thought that your cat was a hero in disguise, here's the proof! Furr & Purr will also arouse pleasant memories in readers who know Walter R. Brooks' wonderful Freddy the Pig stories. Like the farm animals in those stories, the cats in Furr & Purr are "real" animals. They do the things that real cats do, but they talk about them and think about them in ways that real cats don't--as far as we know! Mr. Furr and Toby and their friends are living comfortable lives in a pleasant suburb when they have to deal with a serious threat to their feline independence. There's a threat of another kind, too--a bulldog named Chowder--but it's their independence that the cats are most worried about, and protecting it leads Mr. Furr and Toby into an adventure that puts much more than their independence at risk. Anyone who knows and loves cats will recognize their own feline friends in the lovable heroes of Furr & Purr.

Read on the blues musicians that shaped The Blues genre in volume one from our series “Blues Biographies”. Volume one cover some of the Chicago based blues musicians from Willie Dixon who wrote most of Muddy Waters’ songs and hits. He has been called “the poet laureate of the blues” as well as “the father of modern Chicago Blues.” Legendary bluesmen like Elmore James and Sonny Boy Williamson II to those who were part of Chess Records where the Rolling Stones flew to Chess Studios from The UK just record in the 1960’s where The Great Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Etta James, as well as session guitarist at the time who went on to find success in later years such as Buddy Guy. They were considered the pre curser to Rock n' Roll...All in one great book.

“Vagabonds in France" is a lighthearted book about an unexpected travel adventure to France. Find out how life threw a lemon at us with losing our home, and our attempt to make lemonade. Putting all our furniture in storage, we left everything behind to experience an adventure of a lifetime. With no mortgage or rent to pay, we left with no return date or home to come back to. We traveled from Florida (Tampa and Key West), to Portugal (Funchal, Madeira), to Spain (Malaga, Cartagena, and Barcelona), to the Côte d'Azur in the south of France (Antibes, Nice, Eze, St. Paul de Vence), to Provence (Arles, Avignon), then a month in Paris. Come with my wife and me and see this country’s amazing beauty, along with all the humorous cultural differences and "what the hell" moments you'll get a kick out of. Climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, dodge pickpockets, endure nasty weather and illness, and witness the flood of the century with us. Experience some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with me as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty home we found online. Readers say they feel like they are right there with us on the journey, and laugh out loud, especially from the "Bathroom Reports". This book, with its 75 photograph illustrations, is available now on Amazon in both paperback (black and white illustrations) and Kindle (color illustrations)!

Michael Foreman's iconic illustrations bring this story of belief in magic and childhood adventure to life When Peter Pan flies through the Darlings' nursery window, Wendy, Michael, and John begin their amazing adventures to Never Never Land. There they meet unforgettable magical characters, including the Lost Boys, Tinkerbell, and the cruel Captain Hook. J. M. Barrie's enchanting story of the boy who wouldn't grow up has thrilled generations of young readers. Containing all of the elements that appeal to the imaginations of young readers—high adventure, children who can fly, pirates, and fairies with magical powers—this lavish edition is the perfect gift for fans young and old alike.

Poppy Haviland & The Secret of the Lively Widow is the first book in a series featuring twelve-year-old aspiring actress Poppy Petunia Haviland and her adventuresome friends. Simply being twelve years old is tough enough, but try being twelve AND the daughter of the world’s most famous movie star. Yeah... exactly. In The Secret of the Lively Widow, Poppy’s family relocate to a small town where the appearance of superstar Holly Haviland takes the community by storm. Even when Poppy discovers a treasure map carefully tucked within their historic lodgings, she can’t seem to capture anyone’s attention for very long. She recruits her best friend, Annie Kim, and her strange new neighbour Rick Reyes (a rapper and inventor), to explore the history of the map and of their new community. The trio learns that the town that they are living in was a key terminal on the Underground Railroad – the illegal passageway to freedom that played a major role in the termination of slavery in America – and that Poppy’s family played an important role in that history. Will their efforts result in the discovery of a long-rumoured historical treasure, or will someone else get to it first?

You see that chipmunk over there? I’ve got to make sure it’s dead in less than three minutes. Don’t make that face—it’s my job.Midnight Smith has a problem. He’s a hoodie. Well, almost. He has to go through Death’s Academy so he can learn how to snuff out shorties (humans, like you and your friends) and outsmart those pesky halos. Then he’ll get his shroud and calling and become a full-fledged Grim Reaper. But to get into Death’s Academy, there’s a real killer exam . . . and Midnight stinks at exams. What he doesn’t know is that the exam is the least of his worries. When the hoodies and halos go on their yearly retreat, the time is ripe for an old enemy—the diabolical Unicorns—to strike. That leaves Midnight and his friends the only ones to stop the attack . . . and this is something he just can’t fail at.Death's Academy turns convention on its head. Root for the “bad guy” in this delicious twist on good versus evil.

At first, you won’t like Fremont Rosenbloom. What he does for a living is rather detestable. Let’s say you have an ex-husband getting remarried, or perhaps your slave driver boss' son’s birthday is coming up. If you want the occasion to be remembered, you call Fremont. Ruining special occasions is his specialty, in fact you could say it is his art. But please withhold judgment. Fremont has a story.You see, Fremont’s dad abandoned him. He left in the dead of night, not to be seen again. As a parting gift, Fremont’s father left him a motivational voice mail on their answering machine, reassuring Fremont it wasn’t his fault he was being left behind. He also left him the deed to their small house, and enough money to make it to his eighteenth birthday. Fremont’s father asked him to consider it a ‘great adventure’. As you might imagine, Fremont started to spiral.He latched onto his crusty next door neighbor Modesto, a gambling addict with a pension for the black jack tables. Modesto wasn’t much, but he was the closest thing to a grandfather Fremont could muster. He became family.With Modesto’s help, Fremont’s money soon evaporated. Bills became due, and his adopted grandfather Modesto, was going to lose his house. Fremont couldn’t bear the thought of losing someone again. Fremont stepped up. After school he began working at the local pizza shop, but it wasn’t enough. No one was willing to pay a sixteen year old what he needed to keep Modesto and himself afloat. It was at around the same time, he discovered he had a knack, and flair for elaborate schemes. He saw a business opportunity, and he jumped at it. He became a ‘party assassin’ for hire. But when his new 'job' threatens his relationship with his best friend Adeline, he must make a choice on who he's going to save.Fans of John Green will love Fremont Rosenbloom.